Culminating Activity

Lakes of the World Project

Work in your group to accomplish the following things:
1. Draw a map of your continent on poster board provided.
2. Label the major lakes we have studied on your map.
3. Label the countries surrounding those lakes on your map.
4. Title your poster board (ex. The Lakes of North America)
5. Attach information cards to your map about each lake.
They should include at least the following information:
a. Name of lake
b. Type of lake formation
c. Resources people receive from lake
d. Importance of lake to countries/states surrounding it
e. Information about the future of the lake if not preserved
6. Pictures of the actual lake (from magazines or the internet) and the landscape surrounding it
7. Pictures of the people, animals, and cities surrounding the lake

Any extra information you include, such as the discovery of the lake, legends about the lake(s),
etc. will earn you extra credit. Your project will be graded according to the Rubric on page 2.
Your group will give an oral presentation of your project beginning Tuesday, 8/30. Each
member of your group will participate in one part of the presentation and you will be graded
according to the Rubric on page 2